DoomPause: Stop Doomscrolling
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About this app
Lost an hour to Reels again? DoomPause is a screen time limit that actually holds. When your time is up, it stops the scroll and shows you something that matters more: a photo you chose.
Your kids. Your exam date. Your bank balance. Anything that brings you back.
Works with the apps you scroll most: Instagram and Reels, YouTube and Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat, ShareChat, Moj, Josh, X, or any other app on your phone.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick the apps that pull you in. Only apps installed on your phone are shown, with their real icons.
2. Set your limit: 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes across those apps together.
3. Choose your photo.
4. When the limit is reached, your pause appears right over the app, with a short countdown to take a breath and a quick fact about why scrolling is so hard to stop.
A PAUSE THAT HOLDS
Most app blockers and screen time tools are easy to skip. DoomPause is not.
• Once your limit is up, every app you picked stays paused for as long as you decided: 1 hour, 6 hours, a custom 1 to 23 hours, or the rest of the day.
• Opening any of them shows the pause again, with the time it lifts.
• There is no "just five more minutes" button. That is the point.
• When the time comes, the apps open again by themselves.
• Take five minutes away from the watched apps and your count starts over, so short check-ins don't use up your limit.
WHY IT HELPS
Endless feeds are designed to keep you scrolling. DoomPause is a simple pause app and app blocker that puts a gentle, firm stop in the way, so you get time back for sleep, study, work and the people around you. A digital detox that fits into your day, for your focus and your mental health.
MADE TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY
• Works in the background, even after your phone restarts.
• Light on battery: it checks closely only while a watched app is open, and not at all while the screen is off.
• Preview your pause inside the app before you rely on it.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your photo never leaves your phone. No ads and no third-party analytics. You can turn off sharing of pause statistics at any time in Profile.
PLANS
Setting up is free. Pausing apps needs a DoomPause subscription, monthly or yearly, through Google Play. New subscribers may get an introductory first week; the price shown on the plan page is what you pay. Cancel any time in Google Play.
PERMISSIONS
DoomPause needs Usage access to know when an app you picked is open and how long you've used it, and Display over other apps to show your pause on top of that app. Your app usage is checked on your phone and is not uploaded; only which app a pause appeared on is sent, if you share usage stats.
DoomPause is a wellbeing tool, not a medical treatment. If scrolling is affecting your mental health, please talk to someone you trust or a professional.
Your kids. Your exam date. Your bank balance. Anything that brings you back.
Works with the apps you scroll most: Instagram and Reels, YouTube and Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat, ShareChat, Moj, Josh, X, or any other app on your phone.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick the apps that pull you in. Only apps installed on your phone are shown, with their real icons.
2. Set your limit: 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes across those apps together.
3. Choose your photo.
4. When the limit is reached, your pause appears right over the app, with a short countdown to take a breath and a quick fact about why scrolling is so hard to stop.
A PAUSE THAT HOLDS
Most app blockers and screen time tools are easy to skip. DoomPause is not.
• Once your limit is up, every app you picked stays paused for as long as you decided: 1 hour, 6 hours, a custom 1 to 23 hours, or the rest of the day.
• Opening any of them shows the pause again, with the time it lifts.
• There is no "just five more minutes" button. That is the point.
• When the time comes, the apps open again by themselves.
• Take five minutes away from the watched apps and your count starts over, so short check-ins don't use up your limit.
WHY IT HELPS
Endless feeds are designed to keep you scrolling. DoomPause is a simple pause app and app blocker that puts a gentle, firm stop in the way, so you get time back for sleep, study, work and the people around you. A digital detox that fits into your day, for your focus and your mental health.
MADE TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY
• Works in the background, even after your phone restarts.
• Light on battery: it checks closely only while a watched app is open, and not at all while the screen is off.
• Preview your pause inside the app before you rely on it.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your photo never leaves your phone. No ads and no third-party analytics. You can turn off sharing of pause statistics at any time in Profile.
PLANS
Setting up is free. Pausing apps needs a DoomPause subscription, monthly or yearly, through Google Play. New subscribers may get an introductory first week; the price shown on the plan page is what you pay. Cancel any time in Google Play.
PERMISSIONS
DoomPause needs Usage access to know when an app you picked is open and how long you've used it, and Display over other apps to show your pause on top of that app. Your app usage is checked on your phone and is not uploaded; only which app a pause appeared on is sent, if you share usage stats.
DoomPause is a wellbeing tool, not a medical treatment. If scrolling is affecting your mental health, please talk to someone you trust or a professional.
Set a limit for Instagram, YouTube & more. Then your own photo says: pause.
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About the developer
akash sharma
akashgbpp9@gmail.com
E-4/303 Bramha Suncity
Wadgaon Sheri
Pune, Maharashtra 411014
India